December 2003 Archives

"It's so pointlessly perfect, we can't wait to begin serving octodogs to all our friends and relatives." -- The Stupid Store

Okay, it's not a hectopus... but you can always chop off two legs before you serve it. Meanwhile, those of you in the Northern Hemisphere can take a look at The Great Winter Hexagon.

(Thanks for the suggestion, Mike. I think Rosemary suggested this link to me years ago, but it must have been before I started keeping the Rainbow Hector weblog.)

The ad copy calls it a "plush talking octopus' but I see only five legs and room for at most a sixth.

Electronic Plush Sort 'n Speak Octopus

A tip of the multi-colored beanie to Danielle, who calls it a "Hector cousin". I say this is more like what you get if an evil cybernetics genius gets ahold of Rainbow Hector DNA.